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Opinion Report: Ted Stevens

Olga Bloom, who created one of the city’s premier venues for chamber music, Bargemusic, died on Thanksgiving Day at the age of 92.

The elections in Egypt this week drew millions to the polls–proof that Egytians have no interest in swapping Mubarak’s secular dictatorship for a religious one.

The Federal Reserve’s offer to swap dollars for euros at low interest rates indicates that American policy makers understand the gravity of Europe’s turmoil. Germany, however, continues to delay action, which could doom the currency union.
An inquiry into the 2008 trial of Senator Ted Stevens has found “serious, widespread and at times intentional” concealment of evidence by the Justice Department that could have helped the senator prove his innocence.

From other sources

A Washington Post editorial also discusses the newly released Ted Stevens inquiry, focusing on whether “punishment will befall the prosecutors who committed these egregious violations.” Because the presiding judge “did not issue an order directing the prosecutors to abide by the law,” they will likely avoid charges for criminal contempt of court. There are other ways, however, to hold the “wrongdoers” accountable: The state bar associations that licensed these lawyers should consider disbarment.